# How much does a "stone" weigh?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 4, 2007, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-a-stone-weigh/386647 "2007-01-04T04:32:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-a-stone-weigh/386647/81 "2007-01-11T17:26:03Z")

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[QUOTE=duffer]  
Luckily there was a link. I swear to Og I was gonna accuse you of just making up shit. 😃  
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Go to Google and type “convert 76 inches to smoots”

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**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-a-stone-weigh/386647/82 "2007-01-11T19:01:24Z")

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[QUOTE=Alive At Both Ends]  
Used by whom? Astronomers use kilometres or Astronomical Units (AU) for measuring objects in this size range. I have yet to find an astronomy site which quotes distances in light-seconds.  
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Whoops, sorry, didn’t see this one earlier.

I was joking in the post you were refering to. Forgot the 😉

Thanks for calling me out on it, though, I’ll try and remember next time. 😃

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